The Stars Shine In Marblehead

An impressive run of form gave the race 2 win to Jorgen Schonherr (DEN) and Markus Koy (GER) who controlled the fleet from start to finish and end the day in 4th overall.

Headlining the leader board though are Italy’s Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi, who now count two second places, to lead over Paul Cayard (USA)/Frithjof Kleen (GER), with Croatia’s Tonci Stipanovic/Tudor Bilic in third.

A postponed start, followed by a general recall saw racing get underway...

Auckland - 13th September 2022

The first AC40 off the production line was unloaded from its ship and transported into the Emirates Team New Zealand base in a typically understated fashion last week.

The boat represents a number of things for the Team and the Event. It will be centre stage for the Women and Youth America’s Cups in 2024, but prior to that it will be the first boat that Emirates Team New Zealand has sailed since race 9 of the 36th...

New faces winning races at the Maxi Yacht Rolex




After a lighter third day of competition between the 46 yachts, the dominant are now emerging across most of the seven classes going into the final phase of the International Maxi Association’s pinnacle event, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.

With a light forecast, racing was delayed by an hour. Today was the turn of the 13-strong Maxi class to sail two windward-leewards....

A 29 metre classic yacht named Halcyon has caught fire in Marina Gouvia, in Corfu.

According to local reports, the fire broke out around 4pm local time on board a 20 metre sailing yacht and then spread to several other yachts in the vicinity. Halycon was then towed out of the marina but the damage to the hull and weight of the water required to extinguish the flames caused her to sink.

Other yachts involved in the fire included a sailing catamaran and a speedboat....

A British Man Will Attempt to Cross the Atlantic in This Suitcase-Sized Sailboat
Andrew Bedwell knows big dreams can come in tiny packages. He plans an Atlantic crossing in the 3'3" "Big C," spending 60 days alone at sea.
By HOWARD WALKER
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Next spring, British sailor Andrew Bedwell will attempt to break the record for sailing across the Atlantic, in a boat that’s just 39 inches long. That’s...

Five of The Ocean Race’s IMOCA teams set to race in Lorient at Defi Azimut



Lorient La Base, where the 12th edition of the Defi Azimut will take place next week ?Sailing Energy/The Ocean Race


Anticipation is building ahead of next week’s Defi Azimut regatta in Lorient, France when five of the IMOCA teams so far confirmed as entries in The Ocean Race 2022-23 will line up against each other for the first time.
Four of the five international teams...

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After a particularly grueling upwind run in high winds (slaps of more than 35 knots) and stormy seas (4-meter hollows), the head of the fleet of the 53rd Solitaire du Figaro hailed the coasts of Galicia and left the three islets of Los Farallones in its wake. At 4.56 p.m., under a cloudy sky and temporarily sheltered by a small cove with an industrial landscape, Tom Laperche (R?gion Bretagne-CMB Performance) had the...

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As expected, the GGR fleet has split into two as the wind kicked in: a group of five led by Damien Guillou and Tapio Lehtinen are heading west in 25-30 knots of south westerly and 3-4 metre waves, while the rest led by Pat Lawless, Simon Curwen and Kirsten Neuch?fer are heading towards the Galician coastline in confused seas and 15-20 knots of wind. Some electrical problems for Ertan Beskardes who has had a short circuit...

Newbie teams to the front on the opening day
of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 05/09/2022





Many owners - Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, Pier Luigi Loro Piana, Lord Irvine Laidlaw, Claus Peter Offen, Carlo A. Puri Negri, Riccardo De Michele to name a few – have raced the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup for years. But on the opening day of the 2022 edition of the International Maxi Association’s...

49m superyacht 007 runs aground in Greece

The 49 metre Aegean Yacht 007 has run aground and listed on her port side in the waters of Kythnos, in the Cyclades island chain in Greece.

The incident took place on Friday night (September 2) after the yacht reportedly hit rocks. She began taking on water, resulting in a steep list.

The yacht is now semi-submerged on the seabed approximately 15 metres from the beach, according to a statement made by the local Coast...